BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:24145@goriverwalk.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20261001 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20261026 DTSTAMP:20260922T160950Z URL:https://www.goriverwalk.com/greater-fort-lauderdale-events/island-city -stages-who-killed-joan-crawford SUMMARY:Island City Stage's Who Killed Joan Crawford? DESCRIPTION:The award-winning Island City Stage launches its 15th anniversa ry season in outrageous celebratory style! Get set for a raucous ride payi ng homage to everyone’s favorite drama queen\, Joan Crawford\, in the th eater company’s revival of the hit world premiere of Michael Leeds’ Wh o Killed Joan Crawford? The show runs October 1 – 25 with tickets on sal e now.\nOn a dark\, stormy night in 1993\, five men arrive at a cabin for a soap star's surprise birthday party.  Each guest has been asked to dres s as the birthday boy’s favorite actress\, Joan Crawford\, in one of her signature roles… and the results aren't pretty! As they wait for the s tar\,  the five "Joans"  begin drinking and dishing. Dark secrets emerge and soon there’s one Joan less ... and then another...  leaving the re maining Joans — and the audience — asking\, “Who Killed Joan Crawfor d?!”\nThe show is both written and directed by Michael Leeds. Leeds bega n his career performing on Broadway under the direction of such luminaries as Gower Champion\, Ron Field\, and Martin Scorsese before moving into di recting\, choreographing and writing. As a writer/director\, Leeds is perh aps best known for writing and directing Swinging On A Star on Broadway\, which received a Tony Award nomination for Best Musical. His plays also in clude The First Step\, Impressions\, The Gift\, Starmaker\, and his adapta tion of Cole Porter’s Red\, Hot And Blue which he directed at both Goods peed Opera and PaperMill Playhouse as well as co-writing book\, music and lyrics for Mating Habits of the Urban Mammal which has had productions thr oughout the country. For film\, Leeds’ history with director Linda Yelle n began when he choreographed End of Summer starring Jacqueline Bisset and Peter Weller. Since then he co-wrote with Yellen\, The Simian Line starri ng William Hurt\, Lynn Redgrave and Tyne Daly\, The Last Film Festival sta rring Dennis Hopper and Jacqueline Bisset\, Showtime’s Fluidity starring Nico Tortorella\, and Chantilly Bridge\, starring Lindsay Crouse\, Jill E ikenberry\, Ally Sheedy\, Talia Shire\, Patricia Richardson\, Helen Slater and JoBeth Williams (Paramount+). His latest film\, an adaptation of Stew art Lewis’s YA book\, One Stupid Thing\, starring Corey Fogelmanis (Girl Meets World)\, Skye Katz (Surviving Summer) and Jack White was awarded Be st Picture at the Boston International Film Festival\, Best Feature at the Edinburgh Film Festival\, and is currently a semi-finalist in the London International Filmmakers Festival. As a director\, aside from his Broadway credits\, Leeds directed and choreographed the production of Hello Muddah \, Hello Faddah - The Songs of Allan Sherman for which he was nominated fo r a Drama Desk Award for Best Director/Best Choreographer. Other Off Broad way credits include Showing Off\, the York Theatre’s revivals of 70\, Gi rls\, 70 and Lerner &\; Lane’s Carmelina which he adapted with the or iginal book writer Joe Stein. His production of the European premiere of A rthur Miller’s Playing For Time won the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Fes tival First Award. He also directed and choreographed A Little Night Music for the Houston Grand Opera and Marc Blitzstein’s Regina for Florida Gr and Opera. In South Florida\, he’s directed at GableStage\, Palm Beach D ramaWorks\, Broward Stage Door Theatre and Island City Stage where he is a ssociate artistic director. His many productions there have earned him Sou th Florida’s highest honors: the Carbonell\, Remy and Silver Palm Awards .\nIsland City Stage’s 2026 revival production of Who Killed Joan Crawfo rd? stars Michael Coppola (Harvey Goldberg)\, Luke Di Liddo (David Hoch)\, Christopher Dreeson (Stewart Fry)\, Jay Eisler (Trick Roberts)\, Bruce Li nser (Gene Harlowe) and Stephen Trovillion (Leo Lawrence).\nWho Killed Joa n Crawford? Co-producers are Mark Tews &\; Raymond Griffis\, Jeffrey Da nielson and Michael Mullins &\; Terry Gaw. Lights and Sound Sponsor is Scott Bennett and Set Sponsor is Glenn Goldberg. Costume Sponsors are The Doug Pew &\; Don Croxton LGBT Trust at Our Fund. Additional funding is provided by the following: The Our Fund Foundation\, The Schubert Foundati on Inc.\, the SHS Foundation\, the Warten Foundation\, and OutClique.\nInd ividual show tickets start at $50. A Mimosa Sunday performance sponsored b y Neil Blackwell will take place on October 11. A Women’s Night at the T heater with a pre-show reception will take place on October 23. The show r uns for 90 minutes with no intermission.\nFor more information and to purc hase tickets\, visit www.islandcitystage.org\, call (954) 928-9800 or emai l boxoffice@islandcitystage.org. Follow Island City Stage on Facebook at f acebook.com/IslandCityStage and on Instagram at @islandcitystage. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.goriverwalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/09/ICS-S15-WhoKilledJoanCrawford-1500x1500_DigitalTile.jpeg CATEGORIES:Art,Cultural,Theater LOCATION:Island City Stage\, 2304 N. 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